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| The Simbul |
Posted - 24 Apr 2010 : 04:22:40
UPDATED!
We are now in the final stretch and the last two weeks of the competition.
Artemis has defeated Jaraxle, the Simbul has overcome Halaster, Tiamat has triumphed over Lolth, and the Raven Queen has slain the undying Vecna. The Final Four are:
THE SIMBUL vs The Raven Queen
ARTEMIS vs Tiamat
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/cc.aspx
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ORIGINAL POST:
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/cc.aspx
There is an ongoing series of bracket voting matches on the D&D Official site. We are in the third week of bracket voting to determine which legendary D&D character will be featured in a season three D&D Encounters adventure.
Current bracket matches include the following (with the FR characters listed first, in bold, and in CAPS in case you did not know..though if that is the case I doubt why you are here)
* HALASTER vs Rajaat
* THE SIMBUL vs Iggwilv
* ARTEMIS vs Splugg the Goblin
* JARAXLE vs. Kitiara
There are also slightly more "Core D&D" matches with Lolth vs the Lady of Pain, Asmodeus vs Tiamat, Vecna vs Orcus, and the Raven Queen vs Count Strahd.
IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU DISLIKE/HATE/DON'T PLAY 4th Edition. We MUST seize every opportunity to give an overwhelming show of support for the Realms. The votes are tallied up and if we give them a good enough of a showing it will prove to Wizards of the Coast that there is a fierce fanbase behind the Realms--and that contrary to conventional thinking the characters DO drive interest in the setting (beyond simply the Elminster/Drizzt/Erevis novel triumvirate).
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/cc.aspx
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| 30 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Azyx Drow Wizard |
Posted - 25 May 2010 : 11:44:43
Hail and well met fellow scribes!
Can anyone give me a bit more information on Raven Queen, as I am sorely lacking in 4th edition lore.My group plays 3.5 rules with 2nd edition lore.
Is she a very powerful magic using NPC like Simbul( orany of her sisters) or maybe an Outsider? |
| Sill Alias |
Posted - 25 May 2010 : 05:58:37
Attention! Raven Queen is the winner of encounter competition!
Sorry Ashe. |
| Ashe Ravenheart |
Posted - 19 May 2010 : 16:37:33
*sigh*
It's Meepo all over again, except I don't care as much this time. (Although I hope Tiamat squashes the "Shar-Wannabe" Raven Queen.) |
| Sill Alias |
Posted - 19 May 2010 : 15:19:49
Correction - We fight for attention to our pleading in making the winner the star of new encounter. |
| Zanan |
Posted - 18 May 2010 : 10:02:08
What's sort of bampottery is this? Artemis, Raven Queen and some goblin chap ... "buffs"? Well, they seem to struggle badly for attention, don't they? |
| Sill Alias |
Posted - 18 May 2010 : 09:02:00
Another update! Last battle!
Raven Queen
VS
Tiamat
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| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 10 May 2010 : 04:28:19
quote:
Originally posted by The Sage
quote:
Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
Dear lord, Artemis becomes a deity of Krynn?? How will Raistlin bear it? 
Reminds me of the running joke on the old Wizards DL boards... about Kitiara becoming a god instead of Raistlin. 
There would be some parallels betwixt her priesthood and that of Golarion's Calistria, thinks I.  |
| The Sage |
Posted - 10 May 2010 : 01:30:42
quote:
Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
Dear lord, Artemis becomes a deity of Krynn?? How will Raistlin bear it?
Reminds me of the running joke on the old Wizards DL boards... about Kitiara becoming a god instead of Raistlin. |
| Ashe Ravenheart |
Posted - 09 May 2010 : 17:49:46
Dear lord, Artemis becomes a deity of Krynn?? How will Raistlin bear it? |
| Sill Alias |
Posted - 09 May 2010 : 06:45:00
Well, Jarlaxle in my opinion expected defeat in combat with Entreri. Now, he has a dragon goddess to fight. But since it is not dracolich, he can do something with Lifestealer and Charon's Claw.
Hehey! Maybe he can steal part of the god essence! |
| Ashe Ravenheart |
Posted - 09 May 2010 : 03:13:47
Very interesting... Simbul beat Halaster and Artemis defeated Jarlaxle. |
| Sill Alias |
Posted - 08 May 2010 : 05:47:48
Die, Vecna, Die!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope Artemis will use the gaunlet as his trump card. He also has nice reflexes and strong will. If he will get in shape, he will defeat the enemy, if not by force, then with cunning trap. But it is gonna be tough against Tiamat. |
| The Simbul |
Posted - 08 May 2010 : 05:40:34
We are now in the final stretch and the last two weeks of the competition.
Artemis has defeated Jaraxle, the Simbul has overcome Halaster, Tiamat has triumphed over Lolth, and the Raven Queen has slain the undying Vecna. The Final Four are:
THE SIMBUL vs The Raven Queen
ARTEMIS vs Tiamat
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/cc.aspx |
| Sill Alias |
Posted - 08 May 2010 : 03:34:54
Maybe with his madness he will fortfeit the match for his own crazy ideas. Imagine him doing it in the final match-up. |
| Elfinblade |
Posted - 06 May 2010 : 00:07:15
Hoping for a clean sweep by Halaster |
| skychrome |
Posted - 05 May 2010 : 23:14:25
The competition matches have been updated on the Wizards page. Our realms chars have done pretty well.  |
| Dinnin |
Posted - 28 Apr 2010 : 02:45:28
quote:
Originally posted by Alisttair
quote:
Originally posted by Sill Alias
Dont you think that these matches are one sided? I believe Artemis would be enraged at the unworthy challenge.
He'll be too busy battling his new conscious to use his vast array of combat prowess to succeed I fear.
Fair point, i liked him to start with cos he wasn't all whyny like Drizzt was. Now he seems a little sappy and all Woe with me. still a great fighter thought  |
| Dinnin |
Posted - 28 Apr 2010 : 02:34:21
Hey Guys
my picks below, my only issue was Halaster cos i dont know much about him. Artemis and Jaraxle definatley. they are funny together and alone you wouldnt want to meet them. For a "human"(part shade now) assasin to acomplish what he has its a feat in itself
HALASTER
THE SIMBUL
ARTEMIS
JARAXLE |
| Alisttair |
Posted - 27 Apr 2010 : 15:37:27
quote:
Originally posted by Sill Alias
Dont you think that these matches are one sided? I believe Artemis would be enraged at the unworthy challenge.
He'll be too busy battling his new conscious to use his vast array of combat prowess to succeed I fear. |
| Sill Alias |
Posted - 27 Apr 2010 : 14:43:43
Dont you think that these matches are one sided? I believe Artemis would be enraged at the unworthy challenge. |
| Alisttair |
Posted - 27 Apr 2010 : 14:30:59
We should have a meeting of the minds then. It will be a short meeting.
oh and reason for voting Tiamat....Asmodeus wouldn't survive that many breath weapons at the same time |
| Jakk |
Posted - 27 Apr 2010 : 01:21:56
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
quote:
Originally posted by Bakra
quote:
Originally posted by Alisttair
I will underline who I pick as the winners:
* HALASTER vs Rajaat
* THE SIMBUL vs Iggwilv
* ARTEMIS vs Splugg the Goblin
* JARAXLE vs. Kitiara
Lolth vs the Lady of Pain
Asmodeus vs Tiamat
Vecna vs Orcus
Raven Queen vs Count Strahd.
Eerie, you predicated the same winners as I.
I’m scared.
I think those were my choices, as well. Great minds think alike -- and then there's us!
Heh... and I make 4-for-4. Creepy... just me, not the similarity of our votes. Seriously... Wooly's right... great minds think alike -- and so do sheep.  |
| The Sage |
Posted - 27 Apr 2010 : 01:08:18
The reason I ultimately had such difficulty choosing between the Raven Queen and Strahd, is because the Queen has a slight RAVENLOFT-vibe built into all the information we've received about her so far.
In fact, I think she could very easily make the transition to the Demiplane of Dread... provided the Dark Powers had a reason for bringing her there. |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 27 Apr 2010 : 00:01:40
quote:
Originally posted by Bakra
quote:
Originally posted by Alisttair
I will underline who I pick as the winners:
* HALASTER vs Rajaat
* THE SIMBUL vs Iggwilv
* ARTEMIS vs Splugg the Goblin
* JARAXLE vs. Kitiara
Lolth vs the Lady of Pain
Asmodeus vs Tiamat
Vecna vs Orcus
Raven Queen vs Count Strahd.
Eerie, you predicated the same winners as I.
I’m scared.
I think those were my choices, as well. Great minds think alike -- and then there's us! |
| Bakra |
Posted - 26 Apr 2010 : 18:44:42
quote:
Originally posted by Alisttair
I will underline who I pick as the winners:
* HALASTER vs Rajaat
* THE SIMBUL vs Iggwilv
* ARTEMIS vs Splugg the Goblin
* JARAXLE vs. Kitiara
Lolth vs the Lady of Pain
Asmodeus vs Tiamat
Vecna vs Orcus
Raven Queen vs Count Strahd.
Eerie, you predicated the same winners as I.
I’m scared.
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| Alisttair |
Posted - 26 Apr 2010 : 13:41:15
I will underline who I pick as the winners:
* HALASTER vs Rajaat
* THE SIMBUL vs Iggwilv
* ARTEMIS vs Splugg the Goblin
* JARAXLE vs. Kitiara
Lolth vs the Lady of Pain
Asmodeus vs Tiamat
Vecna vs Orcus
Raven Queen vs Count Strahd. |
| Dark Wizard |
Posted - 26 Apr 2010 : 03:36:14
That's exactly my point, a good number of the FR characters are NPC/PC type characters of heroic tendencies compared to mostly monsters and antagonists for the other settings and core. I would have expected characters more like Szass Tam, Larloch, Fzoul, Lord Shadow, Bane, Shar etc. over the Simbul, Jarlaxle and Artemis. The former are more in line with the other choices in the competition, liches, evil casters, evil demigods, essentially the most prominent villains of a setting or adventure.
I'm also amused that all the FR choices that aren't heroic or neutral NPC types, the ones who actually are villains you would find masterminding an adventure are all from the older Realms setting. Manshoon, Halaster, the Xanathar, Hephaestus the dracolich Ghost King, Icingdeath, and even the King of Shadows from NWN2 all made their appearance in the pre-4E Realms. For the most part, the story of these characters ended before or during the Spellplague. Most are dead or not nearly as influential as they once were in the current 4E setting.
This is why I think a currently active and prominent villain of the 4e Realms should have made it on the list (aside from the core related ones like Lolth, Asmodeus, Tiamat, Orcus). I mean, I hate to beat a dead horse again, but for a setting supposedly stifled by league of goody chosen so that the bad guys couldn't catch a break, even this competition seems to acknowledge the older FR villains as iconic for the setting. |
| Sill Alias |
Posted - 25 Apr 2010 : 06:25:53
quote:
Originally posted by Dark Wizard
I'm a bit amused they choose mostly heroic or morally ambiguous characters from the Realms to oppose mostly evil, villainous characters from the other settings and core. The Realms characters are also mostly humanoid and 'mortal' while the other settings feature mostly undead, monsters, demons or deities.
I cannot consider Entreri evil anymore, not after the road to patriarch. |
| The Sage |
Posted - 25 Apr 2010 : 00:59:08
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I'll grant that, but the thing is, so is Jarlaxle. He grew up and managed to thrive in an environment where intrigue is as ingrained as breathing. Kit would likely be the better warrior, but he'd have an edge both from having lived on intrigue and from having a small magical arsenal on his person at all times.
Hmmm. Well, as Menelvagor notes above, she managed to hold her own against the magical guardian of Feal-Thas, which had a pretty significant magical arsenal at it's disposal. So I don't think Jarlaxle's small bag of tricks would be that much of an edge, in the end. |
| Dark Wizard |
Posted - 24 Apr 2010 : 22:51:02
I'm a bit amused they choose mostly heroic or morally ambiguous characters from the Realms to oppose mostly evil, villainous characters from the other settings and core. The Realms characters are also mostly humanoid and 'mortal' while the other settings feature mostly undead, monsters, demons or deities. |
